TUESDAY 21ST JULY
The Baroness Uddin
and
The Lord Alli
*The Lord Morris of Manchester—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they see any early prospect of being able to have the security gates at the entrance to Downing Street removed.
*The Baroness Castle of Blackburn—To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the leaflet Don’t leave your pension to chance, issued by the Department of Social Security in June, does not refer to the arrangements to make proof against inflation the pension received under SERPS, occupational pension schemes and personal pensions respectively.
*The Lord Newby—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking, in conjunction with their European Union partners, to prevent a collapse of the Japanese currency and economy.
*The Viscount Waverley—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of recent developments in Nigeria, they will encourage European Union and Commonwealth countries to lift visa restrictions on Government personnel from Nigeria, with immediate effect, with a view to facilitating dialogue with the new administration.
School Standards and Framework Bill—Consideration of Commons reasons and amendments [The Baroness Blackstone]
Scotland Bill—House to be again in Committee [The Lord Sewel] [24th Report from the Delegated Powers Committee]
‡The Earl of Clancarty—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have an overall integrated arts strategy for the United Kingdom and, if so, what it is.
WEDNESDAY 22ND JULY
Sir Colin Marshall
and
John Tomlinson, Esq.
will be introduced as Barons.
*The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley—To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the replies of the Baroness Jay of Paddington on 26th February (HL Deb, cols. 789-792), what progress is being made to broaden the membership of their scientific advisory committees.
*The Lord Waddington—To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the Report of the Advisory Group on Quarantine is due to be published, and how soon after receipt of the Report they plan to announce their decision.
*The Lord Methuen—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what benefits they expect to accrue from the centralisation of magistrates’ courts at four locations in Derbyshire, and how they expect defendants and witnesses to attend, given the paucity of public transport in parts of Derbyshire.
*The Lord Cadman—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are satisfied that, following their decision to allow the sale of former railway lands to proceed, the land requirements of the rail freight industry will be adequately provided for.
House of Lords’ Offices—The Chairman of Committees to move, That the 6th Report from the Select Committee (HL Paper 130) be agreed to.
Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill—Third Reading [The Lord Dubs]
Crime and Disorder Bill [HL]— Consideration of Commons amendments [The Lord Williams of Mostyn]
‡Police (Northern Ireland) Bill—Third Reading [The Lord Dubs]
THURSDAY 23RD JULY
[Prayers will have been read]
*The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are satisfied with the performance of the Radio Authority in consenting to departures from the terms of independent radio licences.
*The Lord Campbell of Croy—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have yet approved upgrading to motorway status, as part of the M6, of the stretch of trunk road now confined to two lanes each way from the Scottish Border to Junction 44 near Carlisle.
*The Lord Dholakia—To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people since April 1992 have committed suicide in prisons managed by the commercial sector.
Tamar Bridge Bill—Third Reading
‡Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) Rules 1998—The Lord Chancellor to move, That the draft Rules laid before the House on 2nd July be approved. [40th Report from the Joint Committee]
‡Conditional Fee Agreements Order 1998—The Lord Chancellor to move, That the draft Order laid before the House on 16th July be approved.
‡Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No. 2) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1582)— The Lord Sewel to move, That the Order laid before the House on 1st July be approved. [40th Report from the Joint Committee]
[It is expected that the Committee stage of the Scotland Bill will be continued this day]
FRIDAY 24TH JULY
[At eleven o’clock]
Pensions (Amendment) Bill [HL]— Committee [The Lord Morris of Manchester]
†§Landmines Bill—Committee (and remaining stages) [The Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean]
MONDAY 27TH JULY
Mrs Mary Goudie
will be introduced as a Baroness.
*The Earl of Sandwich—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are satisfied with the progress made by companies in ensuring internationally agreed minimum labour standards for overseas workers.
*The Lord Jacobs—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they propose to take to ensure that consumers in the United Kingdom do not have to pay as much as twenty per cent more for new cars than consumers in Belgium.
*The Lord Dholakia—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review, in consultation with the Association of Chief Police Officers, the use of CS spray by police forces.
*The Lord Blyth—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to discourage spitting in public, particularly at sporting venues.
[It is expected that the Committee stage of the Scotland Bill will be continued this day]
TUESDAY 28TH JULY
Mrs Peta Buscombe
will be introduced as a Baroness.
*The Lord Chesham—To ask Her Majesty’s Government why their treatment of English, Welsh and Northern Irish students at Scottish universities was not part of their election manifesto.
*The Lord Peyton of Yeovil—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are content with the present level of communication between Ministers and leading scientists.
*The Lord Renton—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made since 31st December 1997 in reducing the number of bogus asylum seekers in the United Kingdom.
*The Lord Ashley of Stoke—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are proposing to modernise National Health Service hearing aids to close the technological gap between them and privately bought hearing aids.
[It is expected that the Committee stage of the Scotland Bill will be continued this day]
WEDNESDAY 29TH JULY
Sir Herbert Laming, CBE
will be introduced as a Baron.
*The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the comprehensive spending review will affect the number of overseas diplomatic posts.
*The Lord Hooson—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are satisfied with the arrangements being made for the adequate translation of documents into the Welsh language in time for the first sitting of the Welsh Assembly in 1999.
*The Lord Dormand of Easington—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are satisfied with the progress being made in the training of teachers wishing to become headteachers.
*The Lord Kennet—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider it to be in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolutions 487 and 687 that the United States should transfer to Israel 25 strike aircraft capable of reaching Iran.
Finance (No. 2) Bill—Second Reading (and remaining stages) [The Lord McIntosh of Haringey] (Money Bill)
THURSDAY 30TH JULY
*The Lord Barnett—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to improving the working hours and conditions of the House of Lords in line with proposals being put forward for the House of Commons by the Leader of that House.
*The Lord Hurd of Westwell—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there is any intention on their part to discuss the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, or relations between the Falkland Islands and Argentina, with President Menem when he visits the United Kingdom in the autumn.
*The Viscount Waverley—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will introduce ECGD (Export Credits Guarantee Department) cover for Iran; and, if so, when.
[It is expected that the Committee stage of the Scotland Bill will be continued this day]
NO DAY NAMED
PART I
The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein—To call attention to the opportunities for trade with and investment in Latin America; and to move for papers.
The Lord Ashley of Stoke—To call attention to the need for full, enforceable civil rights for chronically sick and disabled people; and to move for papers.
The Baroness Perry of Southwark—To call attention to the importance of higher education policy for the social, economic and intellectual welfare of the United Kingdom; and to move for papers.
The Lord Barnett—To call attention to the prospects for the United Kingdom joining EMU in the foreseeable future; and to move for papers.
The Lord Armstrong of Ilminster—To move, That a Select Committee be appointed to undertake an inquiry, and within three calendar months to make recommendations, as to how a procedure might be implemented whereby the House would nominate approximately one hundred peers by succession to be voting peers and whereby the remaining peers by succession would renounce their rights to vote but would retain their rights to speak in the House or Committees of the House.
The Lord Moynihan—To call attention to the current situation in Algeria; and to move for papers.
The Earl of Northesk—To call attention to political and economic developments in the South Atlantic; and to move for papers.
The Lord Stone of Blackheath—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there is a need throughout the United Kingdom for a comprehensive and cohesive policy relating to the commercial, business and financial sectors in towns, cities and other urban areas.
The Earl of Carlisle—To call attention to the number of people from ethnic minorities in senior positions in public life; and to move for papers.
The Lord Sandberg—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what effect the financial crisis in the Far East is likely to have on the British economy.
The Lord Hooson—To call attention to plans to restructure the United Nations for the next century; and to move for papers.
The Viscount Waverley—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review the use of sanctions to support United Nations’ resolutions.
The Lord Kennet—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that the Charter of the United Nations permits, and the international rule of law can survive, claims by individual member states to a right of unilateral interpretation of UN Security Council Resolutions, and a right to engage in military operations under such unilateral interpretations.
Succession to the Crown—The Lord Alderdice to move, That an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that Her Majesty may be graciously pleased to allow that Her undoubted Prerogative and interest may not stand in the way of the consideration of Parliament during the present session of any measure to remove the bar on a person who is not, or who is married to a person who is not, a protestant to succeed to the Crown.
The Baroness Thomas of Walliswood—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to continuing delays in the completion of the Swanwick Air Traffic Control Centre.
The Lord Kennet—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will take steps to replace measurements of gross domestic product and gross national product, both within the United Kingdom and in international bodies, with measurements that are being developed by the Office for National Statistics which are able to take into account economically significant unpaid and unrecorded work and the reduction through consumption or otherwise of irreplaceable natural resources.
The Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote family-friendly working practices to enable people to balance the responsibilities of family life with the demands of paid work.
The Earl of Carlisle—To call attention to the long-term future of Central and Eastern Europe, with particular reference to the three Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; and to move for papers.
The Earl of Onslow—To call attention to the science of genetically-modified organisms, and its implications for the breeding of plants and animals; and to move for papers.
The Viscount Hanworth—To call attention to the need to encourage teachers in primary and secondary education, and to the role of OFSTED; and to move for papers.
The Lord Bishop of Oxford—To call attention to the commitment in the Labour Party manifesto to a “fairer, faster and firmer” asylum procedure; and to move for papers.
The Lord Ackner—To call attention to the case for effectively monitoring the operation of conditional fee agreements; and to move for papers.
The Lord Dholakia—To call attention to the need for a national strategy for dealing with paedophiles; and to move for papers.
The Baroness Ludford—To call attention to the need for firm action by the European Union and its international partners to secure peace and justice in Kosovo; and to move for papers.
The Lord Birdwood—To call attention to changes in the duties of back-bench members of both Houses of Parliament in the last thirty years; and to move for papers.
The Baroness Linklater of Butterstone—To call attention to the implications for rural communities of the closure of their local school; and to move for papers.
The Lord Hardy of Wath—To call attention to the apparent increase in cruelty to animals; and to move for papers.
The Earl of Kinnoull—To call attention to the need to retain a viable British fishing industry beyond 2002; and to move for papers.
The Earl of Clanwilliam—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they support the industrialisation of farming practices in the United Kingdom.
The Lord Hylton—To move to resolve, That this House deplores the attempted murder of Mr Akin Birdal, President of the Turkish Human Rights Association, on 12th May; the refusal by the Turkish Government to admit United Nations Rapporteurs on Human Rights, or representatives of the OSCE or ICRC; the imprisonment and exile of members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey; and the banning and dissolution in Turkey of numerous bona fide political parties.
The Lord Janner of Braunstone—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ban or restrict smoking in restaurants, other eating places and other public places.
The Lord Rowallan—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their long-term policy towards help lines in the field of health services.
The Earl of Longford—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are continuing a policy of cutting expenditure in real terms per prisoner, and of cutting the total expenditure in real terms on the probation service and on prisoner education.
The Lord Morris of Manchester—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what further consideration they are giving to improving Service Pensions and War and War Widows’ Pensions; and when they expect to announce any improvements.
The Lord Rotherwick—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their intentions for taxing pesticides, and what will be the implications of such a tax for farming and the countryside.
The Lord Tope—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to address the problem of bullying of pupils in secondary schools.
The Baroness Maddock—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they propose to take to improve the quality of the housing stock following the recent publication of the English House Condition Survey for 1996.
The Viscount Chelmsford—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are satisfied that the link between the United Kingdom’s Balance of Payments and the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) by the nation’s leaders and managers is sufficiently understood.
The Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their view of the economic and business opportunities presented by the information age, which was the subject of a Government paper published in April by the Central Office of Information.
The Lord Vinson—To call attention to the case for using nuclear energy to meet the United Kingdom’s Kyoto Conference obligations for the reduction of CO2 emissions; and to move for papers.
The Lord Borrie—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to modernise the regulation of the utility industries so as to provide a fair deal for consumers in general and vulnerable consumers in particular.
The Lord Hayhoe—To call attention to the case for establishing an Independent Statutory Commission responsible for the conduct of referendums, their organisation and administration along the lines proposed by the Commission on the Conduct of Referendums chaired by Sir Patrick Nairne which reported in November 1996; and to move for papers.
The Duke of Abercorn—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are considering a request to the European Union for additional funding to ensure that the Londonderry-Strabane-Ballygawley A5 road is upgraded to the required modern standard.
The Lord McNally—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the Press Complaints Commission about the outcome of their respective inquiries into the events surrounding the publication of Cries Unheard concerning Mary Bell.
The Lord Ironside—To call attention to the strengths of the Armed Forces and the investments needed to sustain their capabilities for deployment and intervention in defence of the United Kingdom’s sovereign interests; and to move for papers.
PART II
SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS
[The date in brackets is that on which the Report was published]
The Lord Kingsland—To move, That this House take note of the Report of the European Communities Committee on Enhancing Parliamentary Scrutiny of the Third Pillar (6th Report, HL Paper 25). [12th September]
The Lord Slynn of Hadley—To move, That this House take note of the Report of the Select Committee on the Public Service (HL Paper 55). [19th January]
The Baroness Hilton of Eggardon—To move, That this House take note of the Report of the European Communities Committee on Sustainable Landfill (17th Report, HL Paper 83). [7th April]
The Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior—To move, That this House take note of the Report of the Science and Technology Committee, Resistance to Antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents (7th Report, HL Paper 81). [23rd April]
The Lord Hoffmann—To move, That this House take note of the Report of the European Communities Committee on Acquired Rights Revisited (22nd Report, HL Paper 98). [18th May]
The Lord Barnett—To move, That this House take note of the Report of the European Communities Committee on the European Central Bank (24th Report, HL Paper 112). [9th June]
The Lord Wallace of Saltaire—To move, That this House take note of the Report of the European Communities Committee on Student Mobility in the European Union (27th Report, HL Paper 116). [3rd July]
QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
[Tabled or amended on 17th July]
The Lord Kennet—To ask Her Majesty’s Government which authority would be responsible for providing information to the planning authority in connection with the creation of one or more Princess Diana Memorial Gardens in Kensington Gardens on—
(a) traffic implications, within Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster and central London generally, including the implications for public transport (buses and underground trains and stations) for regular (time-tabled) coaches, and for tour coaches (including loading and unloading and parking facilities);
(c) visitors’ centres and gift shops;
(d) refreshment facilities (fixed and mobile);
(e) existing children’s playgrounds and areas where skating is allowed;
on whom would the costs of providing all of these services fall; and to whom would profits (if any) would accrue. (HL2756)
The Lord Hughes of Woodside—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Veterinary Medicines Directorate will be publishing the Annual Report on Surveillance for Veterinary Residues in 1997. (HL2891)
The Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether statistics on export licences issued and refused for the period 1st January to March 1997 have been placed in the Library of the House. (HL2892)
The Earl Russell—To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the Department of Social Security is tackling the task of evaluating the effect on rough sleeping of the housing benefit single room rent restriction; and when their conclusions are likely to be reported. (HL2893)
The Earl Russell—To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to paragraph 2.8 of the Social Exclusion Unit’s Report on Rough Sleeping, whether homosexual rough sleepers are sometimes reluctant to use hostels because of fear of homophobic assault. (HL2894)
The Earl Russell—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Social Exclusion Unit, in the course of investigating rough sleeping, discussed what proportion of rough sleepers first became homeless when 16 or 17 years and are not entitled to benefits. (HL2895)
The Earl Russell—To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to paragraph 4.7 of the Social Exclusion Unit’s Report on Rough Sleeping, whether they will review the rules on housing benefit for prisoners. (HL2896)
The Earl Russell—To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to paragraph 4.23 of the Social Exclusion Unit’s Report on Rough Sleeping, whether, before considering action to introduce new powers to compel places in hostels to be taken up, they will consider the problem of appropriate penalties, in particular the difficulty of fining the homeless, and the effect on the prison budget of imprisoning them. (HL2897)
The Earl Russell—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Social Exclusion Unit has formed an estimate of the proportion of rough sleepers who are asylum-seekers. (HL2898)
The Lord Judd—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment was made during the Strategic Defence Review of the threats posed to United Kingdom armed services by the proliferation of and trade in conventional weapons; and what are the implications of any such assessment for United Kingdom arms export control policy. (HL2899)
The Lord Judd—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the policy implications of the interrelationship between the Strategic Defence Review, the White Paper on Development, the new criteria on arms export controls and the Department of Trade and Industry White Paper on Strategic Exports. (HL2900)
The Lord Judd—To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the range of security threats identified in the Strategic Defence Review, what interdepartmental strategy is being developed between the Ministry of Defence, the Department for International Development, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Home Office and the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions to deal with terrorism, environmental disasters, international crime, weapons proliferation, narcotics and similar matters. (HL2901)
The Lord Judd—To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development will in future work together to ensure that the military and civilian components of the United Kingdom’s response to complex emergencies are dovetailed to the maximum effect. (HL2902)
The Lord Judd—To ask Her Majesty’s Government how far the Ministry of Defence’s Defence Diplomacy Policy will be developed in co-operation with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for International Development and the Department of Trade and Industry with the specific objective of preventing violent conflict. (HL2903)
The Lord Judd—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their plans to reinvigorate multilateral talks on disarmament. (HL2904)
The Lord Kennet—To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by the Lord McIntosh of Haringey on 7th July (HL Deb, col. 1090), whether they will provide monthly (or, failing that, quarterly) figures for visitors to Kensington Gardens for the last two years. (HL2905)
The Earl of Haddington—To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Lord Sewel on 30th June (WA 76)—
(a) why the annual reports of the Association of Chief Police Officers, Scotland, only contain an abstract of the accounts and not the full accounts;
(b) who are the appointed accountants and auditors for the Association of Chief Police Officers, Scotland, for each year; and
(c) whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the full accounts for each year since 1993. (HL2906)
The Earl of Haddington—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the annual reports for the Association of Chief Police Officers, England, Wales and Northern Ireland for each year since 1986. (HL2907)
The Earl of Haddington—To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to call for the accounts of the Association of Chief Police Officers, England, Wales and Northern Ireland for each year since 1986 to be re-audited; and whether they will provide any reports compiled by the National Audit Office into the financing and finances of the association. (HL2908)
The Lord Lloyd-Webber—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the current regulations regarding the export of major works of art. (HL2909)
The Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what literature the Independent Commission on the Voting System have made available for the general public; and whether copies can be placed in the Libraries of the House of Lords and the House of Commons. (HL2910)
The Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe—To ask Her Majesty’s Government why, when visiting the Independent Commission on the Voting System’s website, people are referred to the website of the Electoral Reform Society (one of whose primary aims is to bring into being proportional representation); and whether this is compatible with the Commission’s independent status. (HL2911)
The Lord Mancroft—To ask Her Majesty’s Government who erected and paid for the metal deer-proof fencing on either side of the M40 motorway between junctions 8 and 9; why; and what is the cost. (HL2912)
The Lord Mancroft—To ask Her Majesty’s Government why motorways and other main roads are fenced with wooden post and rail fencing, which wild and domestic animals can easily get through; how long this type of fencing lasts; and what does it cost. (HL2913)
The Lord Swinfen—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what research they are undertaking on the build up in the human body of residues of agricultural chemicals in food and the effect of a cocktail of such residues. (HL2914)
The Lord Swinfen—To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the procedure for recovering fixed penalties levied on foreign motorists caught on speed cameras; and what proportion of such fines is paid. (HL2915)
The Lord Norton—To ask Her Majesty’s Government which organisations and companies have contributed sponsorship money to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the last two years. (HL2916)
The Lord Norton—To ask Her Majesty’s Government under what terms and conditions sponsorship money is received by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. (HL2917)
The Lord Norton—To ask Her Majesty’s Government how does the Foreign and Commonwealth Office choose sponsors. (HL2918)
The Lord Norton—To ask Her Majesty’s Government to what use is sponsorship money put by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. (HL2919)
BILLS IN PROGRESS
[The date in brackets is the date for which the bill is set down]
Waiting for Second Reading
Finance (No. 2) (Money Bill—2nd July) [29th July]
Prime Minister (Ecclesiastical Functions) [HL]
Criminal Appeal (Amendment) [HL]
Registration of Political Parties
Committed to an Unopposed Bill Committee
City of Westminster [HL] [23rd July]
Recommitted to an Unopposed Bill Committee
London Local Authorities [HL]
Committed to a Committee of the Whole House
Pharmacists [HL]
Regional Development Agencies
Scotland [21st July]
Pensions (Amendment) [HL] [24th July]
Waste Minimisation
Landmines [24th July]
Private Hire Vehicles (London)
Waiting for Report
Lord Chancellor (Tenure of Office) (Amendment) [HL]
National Minimum Wage [20th July]
European Parliamentary Elections
Waiting for Third Reading
Police (Northern Ireland) [22nd July]
Sexual Orientation Discrimination [HL] [20th July]
Statute Law (Repeals) [HL] [20th July]
Northern Ireland (Sentences) [22nd July]
Tamar Bridge [23rd July]
Sent to the Commons
Coordinated Universal Time [HL]
Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Amendment) [HL]
Geneva Conventions (Amendment) [HL]
British Nationality (St. Helena) [HL]
Human Rights [HL]
Local Government (Experimental Arrangements) [HL]
Business Improvement Districts [HL]
Electricity Generation [HL]
Mental Health (Amendment) (No. 2) [HL]
Building Regulations (Energy Rating Information) (Amendment) [HL]
Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) (Amendment) [HL]
Bodmin Moor Commons [HL]
Lloyds TSB [HL]
Alliance & Leicester plc (Group Reorganisation) [HL]
Waiting for consideration of Commons amendments
Crime and Disorder [HL] [22nd July]
Competition [HL]
Returned to the Commons amended
Fireworks
Government of Wales
Waiting for consideration of Commons reasons
School Standards and Framework [21st July]
AFFIRMATIVE INSTRUMENTS IN PROGRESS
Waiting for consideration by the Joint Committee
Draft Conditional Fee Agreements Order 1998
Draft Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 1998
Draft Education (Student Support) Regulations 1998
Waiting for Affirmative Resolution
Draft Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Amendment) Regulations 1998
Draft Security for Private Road Works (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998
Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) (No. 2) Order 1998
(S.I. 1998/1582)
Draft Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) Rules 1998
Draft Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998
DEREGULATION PROPOSALS IN PROGRESS
Proposals laid under s.3(3) referred to the Deregulation Committee
Draft Deregulation (Weights and Measures) Order 1998
Draft Deregulation (Pipe-lines) Order 1998
Draft Deregulation (Occasional Licences) Order 1998
COMMITTEES
[Unless otherwise indicated, Committees meet in the Lords’ rooms
in the Committee Corridor as indicated in the daily broadsheets]
MONDAY 20TH JULY
